Rail Talk Podcast

This week on Rail Talk! It was an incredibly exciting week for the home teams, as champions Nitrogen and Super Corredora scored emphatic victories to punch their tickets to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Joe Bianca reacts to last year’s 2-year-old champion filly ‘Super C’ returning to form in a big way off a long layoff, and Jon Green gives his take on Nitrogen’s score in the Beldame and the calculus behind DJ Stable’s announcement that the mega-star will be brought back to race as a 5-year-old.Plus, it’s possibly the most loaded racing week of the year, with a total of 34 graded stakes on tap, highlighted by two huge cards at Belmont and opening weekend at Keeneland, and Joe and Jon break it all down. The boys also welcome Keeneland Director of Communications Gabby Gaudet for her postmortem on a record-setting September Sale, plus thoughts on the upcoming fall meet, the Breeders’ Cup returning to Lexington and much more.Don’t miss any Rail Talk content! Be sure you’re subscribed to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Thanks as always to our all-star sponsor lineup, Fasig-Tipton, The Green Group, Epic Insurance and Taylor Made for their support.

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back at their mics after a week away, and the talk of the town is the opening of the brand new Belmont Park. Joe spent the weekend at the new $500-million facility, and reports back with his full review of his experience, and what it means for New York racing to have a modern racetrack ushering in a new era for the sport in the Empire State.The boys also discuss an eventful racing weekend, highlighted by global superstar Forever Young’s victory in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion at Parx, and look forward to a big weekend to come, which features champion Nitrogen running in the Beldame at the new Belmont and champion Super Corredora returning in the Zenyatta at Santa Anita. The brilliant NYRA handicapper and TV analyst Andy Serling also stops by for an excellent conversation about the Belmont, past, present and future, the reimagined Triple Crown, his opinion on the state of HISA and much more.Don’t miss any Rail Talk content! Be sure you’re subscribed to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. As always, huge thanks to our sponsors Fasig-Tipton, Epic Insurance, The Green Group and Taylor Made for making it all possible.

This week on Rail Talk! We have reached 150 episodes! And to celebrate, Joe Bianca and Jon Green welcome a trio of guests that love the show, and we love them right back.First, co-owner of superstar Cy Fair Reagan Swinbank stops by to talk about his filly’s race at Kentucky Downs, the ride she’s taken them on and how he got started in the game. Then, horse racing advisor and advocate Damon Thayer gives us an update on the potential for a new racetrack in Florida, and finally, impressive young bloodstock agent Colin Brennan discusses the 2-year-old sales, his new pinhooking syndicate and much more.Joe and Jon also give their take on the news that NYRA is considering shortening the distance of the Belmont Stakes, U S S Valor’s rise to the top of the 2-year-old division and Manny Franco capping off a Saratoga meet for the ages.Thank you so much to all our wonderful viewers and listeners for helping us reach this milestone. If you haven’t yet, please subscribe to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. And as always, we couldn’t do it without our elite lineup of sponsors Fasig-Tipton, Taylor Made, The Green Group and Epic Insurance, so thank you all for your partnership. Here’s to 150 more!

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to a star-studded Travers Day, where Manny Franco, having the Saratoga meet of his life, guided upsetter Leading Change to Midsummer Derby glory with a picture-perfect ride. Will this open more doors for Franco to get elite-level mounts outside of New York? And does Golden Tempo’s third-place finish give Englishman, who put on another tour de force in the H. Allen Jerkens, a shot at champion 3-year-old male?The boys also react to jaw-dropping performances from Fully Subscribed and Naomis, and discuss Churchill Downs Inc. asking the FTC to look into the recent security failures at HISA. Plus, Daily Racing Form’s expert handicapper David Aragona stops by to give us angles to look for closing week at the Spa, his thoughts on the new Belmont, Marshall Gramm and much more.Don’t miss any Rail Talk content—be sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Big thanks to our sponsors Fasig-Tipton, Taylor Made, The Green Group and Epic Insurance for their support. See you next week for episode 150!!

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to Counting Stars’s surprising defeat in the Alabama, Knightsbridge’s powerhouse performance in the Pacific Classic and more. What’s next for West Point Thoroughbreds’ star flag bearer, and where does the 3-year-old filly championship chase stand now? And will Godolphin, likely holding the best pair of older dirt males in the country, pit them against each other in the Breeders’ Cup Classic?Excellent FOX Sports TV host and handicapper Samantha Perry then stops by to preview a star-studded Travers Day with the boys. The three then hammer out a group Pick 6 ticket for an excellent sequence that features six stakes, five of them Grade I’s, closing with an intriguing renewal of the ‘Midsummer Derby’. Joe and Jon also put a bow on the Marshall Gramm story as the professor accepts a provisional suspension from HISA while the fraud charges against him play out.Don’t miss any Rail Talk content—be sure you’re subscribed to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Major shoutout to our sponsors Taylor Made, Epic Insurance, The Green Group and Fasig-Tipton for their support.